[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] Emblems. A streamlet is a bright and beauteous creature In some wide desert, where it keeps apart Of each wayfarer’s heart: The Star of Evening is a … [Read more...] about Emblems [poem by Charles Harpur]
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To Mary [poem by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] To Mary. Where Beauty is smiling With Love undenied, Where Gladness is flowing From Pleasure’s hill-side, Whatever of charming I elsewhere may see, I … [Read more...] about To Mary [poem by Charles Harpur]
Eva Gray [poem by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] Eva Gray. Paler, paler, day by day, Waxeth wordless Eva Gray, Wasting through the heart away! How shall those who wish her well, Lift the shadow erst … [Read more...] about Eva Gray [poem by Charles Harpur]
Virginal Love [poem by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] Virginal Love. I love him so, That though his face I ne’er might see, In the assurance that he so loved me This heart of mine would glow With pulses … [Read more...] about Virginal Love [poem by Charles Harpur]
The Voice of the Native Oak [poem by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] The Voice of the Native Oak. Who hath lain him underneath A lone oak by a lonely stream, He hath heard an utterance breathe Sadder than aught else may … [Read more...] about The Voice of the Native Oak [poem by Charles Harpur]
A Poet’s Home [poem by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] A Poet’s Home. Here in this lonely rill-engirdled spot, The world forgetting, by the world forgot, With one vowed to me with beloved lips How sweet to … [Read more...] about A Poet’s Home [poem by Charles Harpur]
Morning [poem by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] Morning. How beautiful that earliest burst of light Which floodeth from the opening eyes of morn, When like a fairy palace dew-bedight Bough storying … [Read more...] about Morning [poem by Charles Harpur]
The Vision of the Rock [poem by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] The Vision of the Rock. I sate upon a lonely peak, A backwood river’s course to view, And watched the varying shadows freak Its liquid length of … [Read more...] about The Vision of the Rock [poem by Charles Harpur]
Poetry [poem by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] Poetry. Rising and setting suns of Liberty — Mountainous exploits and the wrecks thick strewn By stormy Passion o’er Life’s treacherous sea, Relieved … [Read more...] about Poetry [poem by Charles Harpur]
Memory’s Genesis [poem by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] Memory’s Genesis. How few through Memory’s dreamy scope, However resolute of hope, Can view the backward scene where first Their youth rejoiced — for … [Read more...] about Memory’s Genesis [poem by Charles Harpur]
To the Moon [poem by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] To the Moon. With silent step behold her steal Over those envious clouds that hid Till now her face, then stand — a seal Of silver on heaven’s mighty … [Read more...] about To the Moon [poem by Charles Harpur]
To ———— [poem by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This poem, addressed to an unknown woman, by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] To ————. Long ere I knew thee — years of loveless days — A Shape would gather from my dreams and pour The soul-sweet … [Read more...] about To ———— [poem by Charles Harpur]
Ned Connor [poem by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] Ned Connor. ’Twas night — and where a watery sound Came moaning up the Flat, Six rude and bearded stockmen round Their blazing hut-fire sat, And … [Read more...] about Ned Connor [poem by Charles Harpur]
To an Echo on the Banks of the Hunter [poem by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] To an Echo on the Banks of the Hunter. I hear thee Echo! and I start to hear thee With a strange tremour, as among the hills Thy voice reverbs and in … [Read more...] about To an Echo on the Banks of the Hunter [poem by Charles Harpur]
The Bush Fire [poem by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] The Bush Fire. “’Tis nine o’clock: — to bed!” cried Egremont, Who with his youthful household (for ’tis now Long since) inhabited a lonely home In the … [Read more...] about The Bush Fire [poem by Charles Harpur]
To the Comet of 1843 [poem by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] To the Comet of 1843. Thy purpose, heavenly Stranger, who may know But Him who linked thee to the starry whole? We see thou journeyest amid the … [Read more...] about To the Comet of 1843 [poem by Charles Harpur]
The Creek of the Four Graves [poem by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] The Creek of the Four Graves. I verse a Settler’s Tale of the old times, — One told me by our friend, the kindly sage, Old Egremont, who then went forth … [Read more...] about The Creek of the Four Graves [poem by Charles Harpur]
Note [The Bushrangers, by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This is an explanatory note regarding the play “The Bushrangers”, by Charles Harpur. Published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] Note. ————————— ACT III. — SCENE II. Farmer. I tell you again, I’m John Crabtree of the … [Read more...] about Note [The Bushrangers, by Charles Harpur]
Act 5 [The Bushrangers, by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This is Act 5 of the play “The Bushrangers”, by Charles Harpur. Published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] Act V. SCENE I. — A Garden. Enter MRS. LESLIE and LUCY GREY. Lucy. She must be in the garden; for but now I saw her, … [Read more...] about Act 5 [The Bushrangers, by Charles Harpur]
Act 4 [The Bushrangers, by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This is Act 4 of the play “The Bushrangers”, by Charles Harpur. Published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] Act IV. SCENE I. — A Garden. Enter ADA and LUCY. Lucy. So it is fixed — and we must mind to call you Mistress next … [Read more...] about Act 4 [The Bushrangers, by Charles Harpur]
Act 3 [The Bushrangers, by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This is Act 3 of the play “The Bushrangers”, by Charles Harpur. Published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] Act III. SCENE I. — Near the ruined House. Enter ABEL and ADA. Ada. Our patient mends apace; and when restored, If … [Read more...] about Act 3 [The Bushrangers, by Charles Harpur]
Act 2 [The Bushrangers, by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This is Act 2 of the play “The Bushrangers”, by Charles Harpur. Published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] Act II. SCENE I. — Before the Red Lion in Windsor. Enter a TAILOR and a SHOEMAKER. Shoemaker. So they took none o’ … [Read more...] about Act 2 [The Bushrangers, by Charles Harpur]
Act 1 [The Bushrangers, by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This is Act 1 of the play “The Bushrangers”, by Charles Harpur. Published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] The Bushrangers. Act I. SCENE I. — A Room in the Windsor Police Office. Enter TUNBELLY and WOOLSACK. Tunbelly. There … [Read more...] about Act 1 [The Bushrangers, by Charles Harpur]
The Bushrangers [a play by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This play by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853). See the list of contents for links to the individual Acts of the play.] The Bushrangers. “Evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness; … [Read more...] about The Bushrangers [a play by Charles Harpur]
The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems [by Charles Harpur, 1853]
[Editor: This book by Charles Harpur was published in 1853. Although not included separately in the original list of contents, the five acts of the play “The Bushrangers” have each been given their own listing in the contents, so as to enable easier access for … [Read more...] about The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems [by Charles Harpur, 1853]